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The Rhythmic Sound of the 21st Century
Ebeneezer Goode
07-09-2012
Over the last few years an amazing thing has happened where Dance Music has really become the mainstream in the charts with uplifting rhythmic tracks from the likes of Pitbull and David Guetta becoming massive hits and dance producers such as Avicci getting into the Top 10.
I for one love it and hope it continues for a while yet, but what do we call this genre is it Dance or has it now become more Rhythmic Pop?
Ruthven
07-09-2012
It's become utter rubbish!
Dance was good in the 90's, now it's just recycled cliches ("drinking/dancing/spewing in the club" being the worst offender) and basic, rehashed chord progressions.

It's all rent-a-rappers rubbish nowadays
Alrightmate
07-09-2012
It's not amazing at all. These Guetta type DJs and producers were frequently in the charts in the 1990s, right into the noughties.
StratusSphere
07-09-2012
I would call it Club Pop, I think. Kind of stuff that's often background music in clubs but nothing (few tracks) actually stand out from the rest memorably. I mean, they do now because we're living in now. But from past years, even from like 2008-9...I remember Guetta and Kelly Rowland's "Commander", "When Love Takes Over", and Kesha and Lady Gaga's hit songs and the rest have kinda faded into a blur. Even from this year, Sia is really the only distinctive voice out there on this scene if you hadnt already heard of the others.
aisey
07-09-2012
Originally Posted by Ebeneezer Goode:
“with uplifting rhythmic tracks from the likes of Pitbull and David Guetta becoming massive hits and dance producers such as Avicci getting into the Top 10.
I for one love it and hope it continues for a while yet, but what do we call this genre is it Dance or has it now become more Rhythmic Pop?”


Hmmmm.
aisey
07-09-2012
Pitbull? Rhythmic Plop more like.
paltonz
07-09-2012
Originally Posted by Ruthven:
“ now it's just recycled cliches ("drinking/dancing/spewing in the club" being the worst offender)

It's all rent-a-rappers rubbish nowadays”

Not to mention shitloads of music videos taking place in a club with the never-ending appearance of Grey Goose/Crown Royal/some vodka company ads.
Eric_Blob
08-09-2012
The music is "rhythmic". Rhythmic stations in the US play this dance-pop music, just as long as the singer on the track is black (which is why David Guetta, Calvin Harris, etc. mainly use black people for their vocalists), and they always have done, even when it wasn't popular.

I would call it "dance-pop" or "europop" rather than dance though. Since it's very watered down and re-hashed.

Dance-pop music was everywhere when I was a kid (in the late 90's), just like it is now, but back then the songs in the chart were by ACTUAL European pop artists and dance DJs, not by R&B singers and rappers.
Ebeneezer Goode
14-09-2012
Well, I like it
mushymanrob
14-09-2012
Originally Posted by Ruthven:
“It's become utter rubbish!
Dance was good in the 90's, now it's just recycled cliches ("drinking/dancing/spewing in the club" being the worst offender) and basic, rehashed chord progressions.

It's all rent-a-rappers rubbish nowadays”

completely agree.

Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“It's not amazing at all. These Guetta type DJs and producers were frequently in the charts in the 1990s, right into the noughties.”

eh? cant think of any producer/dj's in the 90's that produced such samish crap and had as much chart success as guetta does now.
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